Jazz Diasporas: Race, Music, and Migration in Post-World War II Paris Volume 18

by Rashida Braggs

Book Overview

At the close of the Second World War, waves of African American musicians migrated to Paris, eager to thrive in its reinvigorated jazz scene. Jazz Diasporas challenges the notion that Paris was a color-blind paradise for African Americans. On the contrary, musicians adopted a variety of strategies to cope with the cultural and social assumptions that confronted them throughout their careers in Paris, particularly as France became embroiled in struggles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520279352
• ISBN13: 9780520279353
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"